Geneva-on-the-Lake

Results and Recap

THE KICK OFF TO THE 1996 GREAT LAKES SERIES HAD IT USUAL BEGINNING. COLD,
OVER CAST, WINDY AND UNPREDICTABLE LAKE ERIE AT IT'S FINEST. SINCE THE
WINTER UP HERE WAS THE WORST ON RECORDED WE WERE MISSING SEVERAL OF OUR RACER
AND BOATS. APPROXIMATELY 12.... WE HAD FIFTEEN REGISTRATED ON SATURDAY
AND 13 START. WE LOST 2 SATURDAY NIGHT TO ENGINE PROBLEMS. M-8 A 35FT.
JAC CAT AND THE NEW 30FT BRONX PHANTOM (NEW BODY DESIGN) A -106.

BUT WHEN THE RACE BEGAN WE HAD GREAT COMPETITION.... M-OO UDDERLY FANTASTIC
WON ITS CLASS. IN OFFSHORE D THE ROOKIE TEAM D-10 FEROCIOUS II IN THEIR
NEW 41FT STEPHEN STEPP VELOCITY TOOK THE CHECK WITH D-3 RASCAL RETIRING EARLY
WITH IGNITION PROBLEMS.

OFFSHORE C, C-19 CAT CAN DO RAN A GREAT RACE WITH HEAVY COMPETITION FROM C11
AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL AND C51 LIL MISS DANGEROUS , WELL UNTIL THE FINAL TURN
HEADING FOR THE CHECKERED FLAG - AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GOING ON THE
OUTSIDE TO CHALLENGE CAT CAN DO GRABBED A WAVE - LAUNCHED AND SUBMARINED THE
28 SKATER COMPETELY UNDER WATER. THE CREW WAS FINE. IF YOU CAN WATCH
COMPETITION OFFSHORE - THEY GOT IT ON CAMERA....

THE STRONG BATTLE THAT HAS BEEN ON GOING FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS CONTINUED
IN OFFSHORE B. B-26 TSUNAMI AND B-96 GREAT LAKES CASTER RUN EACH ANOTHER IN
TRADITIONAL FASHION. DOWN TO THE WIRE. BUT AT THE END IT WAS B-26 TSUNAMI
TAKING THE CHECKERED FLAG AND THE OVERALL WINNER OF THE RACE.

OFFSHORE A , A-6 EXCALIBUR RAN AWAY WITH THE CHECKERED FLAG... FOLLOWED BY
A-68 SMG EXPRESS. TAKING THIRD PLACE WAS A-13 TEAM EXCITER AND FINISHING UP
IN FOURTH WAS A-22 RUM RUNNERS.

OUR ONLY STOCK BOAT, S-17 ROAD HARD STARTED THE RACE BUT EXPERIENCE ENGINE
PROBLEMS EARLY ON AND HAD TO RETIRE.